After a failed relationship with a management firm, the city of Kilgore, Texas asked its fire department to help turn around the financially ailing Meadowbrook Country Club. The renovated Firehouse Bar & Grill and the appeal of lunch specials and catfish have helped to generate new memberships and outing business, while also forging a valuable camaraderie with the community.
Meadowbrook CC Builds Positive Momentum Under Fire Department
The Kilgore (Texas) Fire Department took over operations of the club last year and has seen an increase in reservations, memberships, public golf outings, and camaraderie with the community.
Eagle Golf Launches Pace-of-Play Initiative at 31 Courses
All of the facilities operated by the Dallas-based management firm are advocating faster play through implementation of suggested “Ready Golf” guidelines, promoted through a theme of “Better Pace. Better Game.”.
Coming Up Fast
As management firms of all types and sizes continue to drive industry innovation and investment, an emerging group of key players bears special watching.
Columbia (Mo.) CC Reopens Golf Course
Since reopening on July 27, the club has seen a 10 percent increase in membership. The project included rebuilding or rerouting ten holes, renovating the remaining eight holes as well as the practice facility, and restoring 2,000 feet of an Army Corps of Engineers jurisdictional stream on two holes, adding to the course’s environmental benefits.
Eagle Golf and Women on Course Form Partnership
The partnership provides WOC communities such as Dallas, Houston, Chicago, and Phoenix with opportunities to play and learn at Eagle Golf properties.
Golf Inc. Names Most Powerful People in Golf
Troon Golf’s Dana Garmany was named no. 1 replacing Eric Affeldt, CEO of ClubCorp.
Power Players
Management companies have gained renewed influence in the club market.
Eagle Golf Selected to Manage the Field Club of Omaha
Eagle Golf will manage the operations of the club’s facilities and 18-hole golf course.
Eagle Golf Forms Alliance with the Hispanic Golf Network
Eagle Golf saw this new network as an opportunity to grow the game of golf and reached out to Joe Arias, President and CEO of The Hispanic Golf Network, to form a partnership with preferred offerings at Eagle Golf properties.
Eagle Golf to Manage Wedgewood GC; Jon Pruner Named GM
Jon Pruner has been named as Wedgewood’s General Manager.
Eagle Golf to Manage Woodhaven CC
Woodhaven Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas, recently selected Dallas-based Eagle Golf to manage the club and its facilities. Woodhaven CC is home to an 18-hole, par-71 championship golf course designed by Leon Howard, eight tennis courts, a junior Olympic swimming pool and a clubhouse with dining and banquet rooms. The clubs is…
Eagle Golf Names “Best of the Best” Award Winners
Dallas, Texas-based Eagle Golf announced its 2009 “Best of the Best” award winners during the company’s annual meeting at Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine, Texas. Company President and C.E.O, Joe Munsch, presented the top awards in front of 75 general managers, preferred vendors and the Eagle Golf corporate team. The complete list of…
Eagle Golf Names Director of Sales and Director of Web Marketing
Christine Roach has been named as the Director of Sales for Dallas, Texas-based Eagle Golf. Roach joined Eagle Golf in 2007 as the Director of Sales and Marketing at Lakewood Oaks Golf Club in Lee’s Summit, Mo. where she was responsible for membership, tournament and private event sales combined with marketing the club and residential…
Eagle Golf Announces Winners of its 2008 “Best of the Best” Awards
Eagle Golf, based in Dallas, announced the winners of its 2008 “Best of the Best” awards during a one-day web conference earlier this month. The winners were: Carol Borowy (Corporate Office Employee of the Year); Amy Milne, Forest Park Golf Course, St. Louis, Mo. (Best New Catering Sales); Michael Dressor, Kokopelli Golf Course, Gilbert, Ariz.…